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Scott Brown says he now supports a federal ban on assault weapons

Although he once said banning so-called assault weapons fell under the category of issues best left to the states, Republican U.S. Sen. Scott Brown told The Republican / MassLive.com in an exclusive interview Wednesday that he now supports federal action.

Brown cited the Newtown, Connecticut school shooting that killed 26 people, including 20 children, as the turning point in his stance on the issue.

“What happened in Newtown where those children were subject to that level of violence is beyond my comprehension. As a state legislator in Massachusetts I supported an assault weapons ban thinking other states would follow suit. But unfortunately, they have not and innocent people are being killed,” Brown said. “As a result, I support a federal assault weapons ban, perhaps like the legislation we have in Massachusetts.”

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What difference would it have made, none of the guns used were assault weapons, in fact he used pistols as most of these evil people do so a ban on assault weapons would have no affect! Perhaps we should ban gun free zones first and allow people to defend themselves.

Let me see if I got this right. A handful of people out of nearly 300,000,000 people break the law and the rest of the population has rights taken away? Is this the modern liberal method of thinking?
In a weird way this is profiling on a massive scale.

These people have zero principles. Whatever way the wind blows.. whichever way the crowd goes.. that’s how they “lead.”

I think some politicians would sell their own mothers and children if they thought a large majority of Americans in the latest poll favored it… and they’d be called a racist and extremist if they didn’t.

For the love of God, would someone please define assault weapons in a way that doesn’t sound like a vague platitude or doesn’t make the person who says it look like an idiot?

If I threaten you with a pepperbox revolver, and you don’t have so much as a rock in your hand, I’d say that’s pretty damned assaulting. Why hasn’t it been banned yet? I can load it on Sunday and shoot all week.

Why not just say “Something that looks like it was made in the past 50 years, that I saw in a Vietnam war movie, and I’m intimidated by.” At least then you’ll be honest. You’ll still look like an idiot, but you’ll be honest.

This is why I’m ambivalent about the prospects of him picking up Kerry’s seat. If this guy hasn’t dropped below the Mendoza Line, he’s pretty damn close. Just as I’d prefer to have Castle than the Bearded Marxist, I don’t miss having to see the media give him a platform in which to attack conservatives.

It was left to the state and the state of Connecticut has an almost identical ban as the federal ban on the guns. The weapons used where all legal under that ban and would be legal if they reauthorize the same law as the 96′ assault ban.

“What happened in Newtown where those children were subject to that level of violence is beyond my comprehension

Hey squish, try reading the daily papers of Chicago. Pfft. I live in the Tidewater area of VA and am amazed at the senseless, callous, evil murders that happen frequently. Anyone, such as Sen. Brown & the Dem senators Manchin & Warner, who jumps on the “ban assault weapons” bandwagon is only doing it for political expediency and falling for the Obama/Progressives narrative and push for gun control. It’s their moment and they’re seizing it. The rest who agree or have a change of heart have no principles and fear Obama and the SRM more than anything else. The murderers will get guns even if the governing class ban every single one. The problem will still be with us and they’ll remove the right of people to defend themselves. But they don’t care; there’s an agenda to fulfill and a radical checklist to complete.